Inspired by a Hebrew children's book "There are no Such Lions" (written by Amy Rubinger), the teenagers decided to create a lion sculpture made of paper mache and give it to the children in the Department of Pediatric Oncology Hematology at Hadassah.
A big and colorful paper mache lion sculpture arrived at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital recently. The sculpture was created by Juvenile prisoners at the Ofek prison as a gift to hospitalized children at the Department of Pediatric Oncology Hematology at Hadassah. The sculpture was created under the inspiration of the leading character in the Hebrew children book "There are no Such Lions".
The creators used only materials they could find in the prison. Symbolically, they used iron wires, normally used for prison fences, to create the pattern and skeleton of the sculpture. Then they collected papers and newspapers in the prison to create the paper mache.
In addition, they purchased several copies of the book, by raising funds, and they even donated their own money.
The project is called "Feeling with your hands", and is the result of collaboration between "Chayim" (life) foundation for Israeli children with cancer and prisoners at Ofek juvenile prison. The goal of the project is to bring color, light and happiness to the children, who can climb on the sculpture and play with it, thus giving the prisoners a sense of belonging to the community.